2026 SEC women’s basketball tournament bracket is set. South Carolina is top seed
No. 3 South Carolina will start its postseason journey on Friday.
Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks (28-2, 15-1 SEC) wrapped up their regular season Sunday with a win over No. 16 Kentucky on the road in Lexington.
South Carolina had already clinched its fifth consecutive SEC regular-season title a few days earlier. The Gamecocks will be the No. 1 seed in this coming week’s conference tournament.
The tournament is in Greenville for the fourth-straight year (and will be held there until 2028). First round action starts Wednesday, March 4 and the tournament will conclude with the championship game on Sunday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m.
South Carolina is vying for its fourth-straight SEC Tournament title and 10th overall in program history. The Gamecocks will learn their first opponent in the tournament sometime Thursday afternoon.
SEC Tournament bracket, scores
First Round: Wednesday, March 4
G1: No. 16 Arkansas vs No. 9 Kentucky (11 a.m. on SEC Network)
G2: No. 13 Mississippi State vs No. 12 Florida (1:30 p.m. on SEC Network)
G3: No. 15 Auburn vs No. 10 Texas A&M (6 p.m. on SEC Network)
G4: No. 14 Missouri vs No. 11 Alabama (8:30 p.m. on SEC Network)
Second Round: Thursday, March 5
G5: No. 8 Georgia vs G1 winner (11 a.m. on SEC Network)
G6: No. 5 Oklahoma vs G2 winner (1:30 p.m. on SEC Network)
G7: No. 7 Ole Miss vs G3 winner (6 p.m. on SEC Network)
G8: No. 6 Tennessee vs G4 winner (8:30 p.m. on SEC Network)
Quarterfinals: Friday, March 6
G9: No. 1 South Carolina vs G5 winner (Noon on ESPN)
G10: No. 4 LSU vs G6 winner (2:30 p.m. on ESPN)
G11: No. 2 Vanderbilt vs G7 winner (6 p.m. on SEC Network)
G12: No. 3 Texas vs G8 winner (8:30 p.m. on SEC Network)
Semifinals: Saturday, March 7
G13: G9 winner vs G10 winner (4:30 p.m. on ESPN2)
G14: G11 winner vs G12 winner (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
Championship: Sunday, March 8
G15: G13 winner vs G14 winner, (3 p.m. on ESPN)
This story was originally published March 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM.
